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E. G. KASTNBR & J. E. BENTON COIN HANDLING DEVICE.

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companying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to coin handling devices of that type frequently used by street-car conductors and others in providing-the change for a coin of larger denomination than is required in the payment of a fare or purchase of a ticket or other article and, an object of the invention is a simple and inexpensive structure for the purpose mentioned and that is more compact in form than the usual device for the purpose.

A further object is in the provision of a delivery tube or chamber arranged in such manner and of such form that coins extracted from the tube fall on edge and roll to-the delivery opening of the chamber instead of sliding side-wise as is sometimes the case.

Deviges of this nature. are usually carried upon the person of the operator by means of a belt or otherwise, and in addition to the compactness of form mentioned it is an object to provide a device for the purpose that is light inweight and in which the operating fingers of the coin extractors are held from contact with the clothing of the operator and therefore readily accessible.

These and other objects and novel features of construction are hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a coin handling device embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof partly in section. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of one of the larger coin holding'tubes. Fig. 4: is section of. one of the coin holding tubes provided with means for extracting one or two coins therefrom at will. Fig. 5 is a bottom view of part of the device. Fig. 6 is a detail showing one of the extractors.

Similar characters refer to'similar parts throughout the drawings and specification. As may be seen more clearly in Fig. 3,

there is an upper plate 1 and a lower plate Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October s, 1913. Serial No. 793,503.

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2, in aperturesin which the upper andlower ends of each tube are secured respectively. The open upper ends of thetubes are -normally closed byla cover plate 3 provided with slots 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 for the tubes 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 respectively, and as may be seen in Fig. 1, each of the slots isprovided at the rear side with an lip-standing flange 14, whereby the operator, in inserting a coin into its respectivetube may draw the coin back in contact with t 'e cover until it engages this flange thereby determining, without the necessity of actually looking, when the coin is in position to be deposited. This cover plate is preferably provided with two, ring shaped, hinged members 15, the ends of which are not entirely closed providing. an open space as shown in Fig. 4; between the ends thereof. One end of each ring is fastened to the cover-and extends through an aperture provided in the upper plate 1 and by lifting the cover the ring is drawn through the opening in the plate. If the cover be turned to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, the free end of the ring may he lifted out of the aperture in the plate and the cover removed, but when upon the person of the wearer the cover may not be turned to such extent as to allow it to be removed although the cover may, nevertheless, be raised to a suflicient extent to allow a stack of coins to be inserted in the proper tube.

A spring catch 16 is secured to the plate 1 and is provided with a lip or extension 17 to engage over the cover plate and hold it in place. As may be seen in, Fig. 1, the cover plate 1 is cut away at 18 at each of the back corners exposing the plate 1 at that point. Secured in the rear corners of the lower plate 2 is a wire hook 19 which extends upward from the lower plate through an aperture provided in the exposed corners of the plate 3, thenisbent downward forming a hook end 20 that may be utilized to hang the device on a belt or clothing worn by the operator.

The general operation of the device may be understood from an examination of Fig. 3, in which. an extractorplate 21, of the general form shown in Fig. 6, is positioned at the bottom of the tube so that the lowermost coin rests in the opening 22 of the extractor. By moving the extractor forward toward the delivery channel or chamber 23, the-lowermost coin is moved, forward, as

- from the-extractor and in falling from this 'tirely across position by gravity it assumes a substantially perpendicular position, as is also shown by dotted lines, whereby it may roll ed' ewise'down the channel to the delivery opening 60 therein, near the center from which it is received in the hand of the operator. This arrangement provides for a more sure and rapid delivery of the coin han if allowed to slide upon its flat surface.

he manner of rolling of the coin is shown more clearly in Fig. 2' at the left hand side of the figure. Each extractor 21 is provided with a depending operating finger 25 spaced from the rear side of the device, as may be seen more clearly in Figs. 3. and 4. The lower plate 2 at the rear edge is provided with an upturned portion 26 to which 12. depending plate 27 is secured that contacts the-clothing of the wearer and holds it from folding, or otherwise preventing easy access' tothe operating fingers 25. Each of the extractors operates between the lower plate 2 and adiolding plate 28 extending enthe bottom of the device and the extractors are held in retracted position below the tube by springs 29 in each instance.

Inorder that the tubes may beset very close together and compactness secured, the

extractors are arranged to overlap as may be seen more clearly in Fig. 2. The extractor arms for the tube 9 are shown at 30, 30 and the next succeeding tube 10 is made longer than the tube 9 extending a slight distance through the plate 2 and one arm 31 of the extractor for the tube 10 is placed directly below an arm 30 of the extractor for the tube 9 and the other arm 31 is placed beneath an arm of the extractor for the tube 19 which arrangement alternates, throughout the series of tubes. The plate 28 is so formed as to engage the lower surface of each extractor as may be seen in said Fig. 2 and .is secured at each end to the lower tube plate 2; this plate 28 is slotted at 32substantially on a center line of each tube to, allow the operating finger 25 to be moved forward in extracting a coin.

The upper edge of the opening in each extractor is preferably beveled, as shown at 35. in Fig. 6, the purpose of which is to prevent any single actuator from extracting more than the required coin from the stack as it sometimes happens that a coin considerably thinner than usual is inserted in the device and eventually falls into the extractor which would allow the next succeeding coin to project into the opening in the extractor a slight distance but, by providing o ut departing from the dime tube with two extractors pass beneath ejecting the thin coin in the proper manner.

Fig. 1 shows a device with tubes 9 and 10 adaptable for use with the ordinary 5- cent piece, the tubes 11, 12 and 13 being for a dime, quarter and one-half dollar respectively, but it is to be understood that the tubes may be arranged in any ap roved manner and a greater or less num er of tubes used as may he desired, or-altered in other specific relation one to the other with the spirit of this inventlon.

In many instances it is desirable-to return two dimes in making change andin 1 other instances itis desirable to return but a single dime. We have, therefore, arranged 40 and 41, the extractor 40 lying upon the upper surface of the extractor 41. finger for the extractor 4:1 is located substantially centrally of the tube as is all other finger hooks 25 with the other tubes, but the finger hook 42 of the extractor 40 is spaced between the finger hooks of the dime tube and the five cent tube, but in line with said other finger books. The extractor 40 is double the thickness of the extractor 41 so that in the operating thereof two dimes are removed from the stack in the tube while the dime in the extractor 41 remains in place in the extractor which is held in retracted position by the spring 43. The dime in the extractor 41 is held in place by reason of the'ends of t e extractor armsv The operating extending about the edge 0 the coin be 0nd the center thereof, as may be seen in Fig. 5. By this arrangement one or two dimes may be removedfrom the tube by a single operat ion at the will of the operator. From the foregoing description it is ev dent that the device is very simple in construction, compact in form and light weight and is comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

Having thus briefly described our invenfi tion, what we claim and desire to secure by- Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A. device of the kind described, comprising a series of coin holding tubes held in closely spaced relation, the upper ends,-

of the tubes terminating in the same plane, a coin extractor at the ottom of each tube adapted to remove the lowermost coin there from, the tubes alternating in length where: by the extractor of one tube lies below and in contact with .the extractor of the two con-- t iguous tubes of shorter length, and a delivery channel so arranged that coins delivered therein are delivered on edge at a central opening.

2. ,A device of the kind described, com-- prising a series 01" coin holding tubes adapted to' receive coins of diiferent denominations, an apertured upper and lower plate into which the open upper and lower ends of the tubes extend respectively, the upper ends of the tubes being substantially flush with the upper plate, an extractor, at the open lower end of each tube, said tubes alternating in lengthwhereby an extractor for a long tube may operate in contact with the lower surface of theshorter contiguous tubes, thereby enabling the tubes to be positioned in closely spaced relation, a cover hinged to the upper plate provided with coin slots for each individual tube, a spring for each extractor adapted to hold it,in retracted position, a delivery channel adjacent the lower ends of the tubes, the said channel being so formed that coins delivered thereinto by the extractors are delivered on edge through a central opening with which the channel is provided.

3. A device of the kind described, com prising a series of coin holding tubes adapted to receive and hold coins or" diiferent de nominations in individual stacks, an apertured upper and lower plate into which the upper and lower open ends of the tubes ex;

tend respectively, the upper ends of the tubes being substantially in the same plane, a cover platehinged to the upper apertured plate for the tubes, said cover plate having coinslots for each tube, the rear edge of ,which is provided with an upstanding flange, an extractor at the-lower end of each tube, said tbes alternating in length whereby an extractor for a long tube may operate in contact with the lower surface of the extractors for the shorter contiguous tubes thereby enabling the tubes to be positioned in closely space relation, a spring for each extractor adapted to hold it in retracted position, and a delivery channel for receiving coins from the extractors, said channel being provided withv a central delivery open in 1 i. A device of the kind described, comprising a series of coin holding tubes adapt ed to receive'and hold coins of difierent de-- nominations in individual stacks, there being a plurality of tubes for the coin of lowest denomination, an apertured upper and lower plate into which the upper and lower ends of the tubes extend respectively, the upper ends or" the tubes being substantially in the same plane, a cover plate provided with a coin slot for each tube hinged to the upper apertured plate for the tubes,

an extractor for each tube at the lower open end thereof, each adapted for the removal of a single ooin'ir om its respective tube, said tubes alternating in length whereby an extractor for a long tube may operate in contact with the lower surface of the extractors for the shorter contiguous tubes whereby the tubes may be positioned in closely spaced relation, an operating finger for each extractor extending therebelow, a delivery channel into which the extractors deliver the coins, the delivery end of the channel extending below the device a distance not less than the length of the depending operating fingers, and a plate extending from the crating fingers, said plate extending below the device adistance substantially equal to that of the delivery channel.

5. In a device of the kind described provided with a series of coin holding tubes adapted to receive and hold coins of different denominations in individual stacks, a plurality of tubes for holding five-cent pieces, a single tube for holding dimes, an extractor operating at the lower end of each tube adapted to extract a single coin from each" stack, and an extractor for the dime tube adapted to remove two coins therefrom at a single operation, the upper ends of the tubes terminating in the same plane and alternating in length whereby an extractor at the bottom of one of the tubes may overback of the device and spaced from the op-' lap the extractor for each of the contiguous 

